Shima Qaderkhan, a journalist and member of Iran International’s editorial team, says the most important

Shima Qaderkhan, a journalist and member of Iran International’s editorial team, says the most important lasting achievement of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement is changing social norms and the normalization of civil disobedience in the face of compulsory veiling.

According to her, the Islamic Republic may have been able to suppress street protests, but it has not been able to return society to the state it was in before 1401, and people’s perceptions—within parts of society—about the possibility of political change have also changed.